User Webinar: Molecular Structure and Interactions in Drug Design — Insights Gleaned From a Career as a Computational Chemist
Wednesday, 2nd April at 10:00 (EDT)/ 15:00 (BST)/ 16:00 (CEST)
In this webinar, Daniel Cheney, former Scientific Director at Bristol Myers Squibb, will share insights from his career as a computational chemist. He will highlight the importance of developing a deep understanding of molecular structure and interactions in molecular design, illustrating key concepts through examples that integrate quantum chemistry with experimental structural data.
Topics will include:
- Fundamentals of molecular interactions
- Halogen bonding and the significance of contextual factors
- Aromatic interactions: myths, underlying determinants, and case studies
- Conformational biasing in molecular design
The webinar will showcase the application of CCDC drug discovery tools, including ConQuest and CSD-CrossMiner, in combination with quantum chemical methods.
Who Should Attend?
- Drug discovery scientists
- Medicinal chemists, computational chemists or structural scientists
- Pharmaceutical scientists working in molecular design
- Academic or industrial chemists interested in drug discovery/design
- Researchers who work with the CSD or their own structural databases